Mor Ephrem is a nice guy. Just say sorry and it will all be ok. Say I had things that were inside troubling me but I didn't know how to express appropriately. I will not behave that way again but I am seeking help.

It's interesting to see a recognition of Ss. Cyril and Methodios outside of a Slavic church. I also didn't know that St. Photios (of the "Photian Schism") was actually responsible for teaching the two of them.

'Evil isn't the real threat to the world. Stupid is just as destructive as evil, maybe more so, and it's a hell of a lot more common. What we really need is a crusade against stupid. That might actually make a difference.'~Harry Dresden

In that icon, is the structure on the left supposed to represent the Roman Catholic Church having fallen into error by adoptong the filioque? (As perhaps suggested by the triangular pediment evocatove both of Hellenic Pagan temples and with a motiv reminiscent of the triangular/trispherical diagrams of the Trinity, with the Filioque, heavily used for a time in rhe west in a polemical, anti-Orthodox manner, compared to the rounded, domed, Byzantine looking structure which obviosuly suggests an Orthodox parish and which is adorned with the Holy Cross, if not (at a distance at least) the distinctive three-barred cross.

In that icon, is the structure on the left supposed to represent the Roman Catholic Church having fallen into error by adoptong the filioque? (As perhaps suggested by the triangular pediment evocatove both of Hellenic Pagan temples and with a motiv reminiscent of the triangular/trispherical diagrams of the Trinity, with the Filioque, heavily used for a time in rhe west in a polemical, anti-Orthodox manner, compared to the rounded, domed, Byzantine looking structure which obviosuly suggests an Orthodox parish and which is adorned with the Holy Cross, if not (at a distance at least) the distinctive three-barred cross.

Mor Ephrem is a nice guy. Just say sorry and it will all be ok. Say I had things that were inside troubling me but I didn't know how to express appropriately. I will not behave that way again but I am seeking help.

In that icon, is the structure on the left supposed to represent the Roman Catholic Church having fallen into error by adoptong the filioque? (As perhaps suggested by the triangular pediment evocatove both of Hellenic Pagan temples and with a motiv reminiscent of the triangular/trispherical diagrams of the Trinity, with the Filioque, heavily used for a time in rhe west in a polemical, anti-Orthodox manner, compared to the rounded, domed, Byzantine looking structure which obviosuly suggests an Orthodox parish and which is adorned with the Holy Cross, if not (at a distance at least) the distinctive three-barred cross.

Or it's just a building.

Or the two buildings behind a teaching scene represent the teacher's solid grounding in both theological and worldly knowledge, which he is imparting to his students, and such historical stuff.

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'Evil isn't the real threat to the world. Stupid is just as destructive as evil, maybe more so, and it's a hell of a lot more common. What we really need is a crusade against stupid. That might actually make a difference.'~Harry Dresden

Mor Ephrem is a nice guy. Just say sorry and it will all be ok. Say I had things that were inside troubling me but I didn't know how to express appropriately. I will not behave that way again but I am seeking help.

"May the Lord our God remember in His kingdom all Holy Catholic Apostolic Church, which heralds the Word of Truth and fearlessly offers and distributes the Holy Oblation despite human deficiencies and persecutions moved by the powers of this world, in all time and unto the ages of ages."

So I have a joke in my mind...but...I want to know what this is first...lol

Wet Phelonion Contest.

This happened to me at Pascha!

It rained this year....and I, with camera in hand, ran out for the procession. Got soaked. My hair was just dripped like a wet mop around my head. The church became very hot and humid...as all the wet bodies began to dry over the following 4 hours.

Everyone exited the church to the hall to get their baskets blessed. Once blessed, I ran back in to the church....because I love the quietness of the church at Pascha after everyone leaves. The lights are all still on, the candles are still lit, the Royal Gates are wide open....and it just a special moment.

So, the bishop (who was visiting our parish for Pascha this year) comes back with the servers in tow...and smiles at me...because he realized just how wet I had been...and asks if I have dried out. When I say almost...he decides to "fix" that....and grabs the remaining holy water and does just as the photo...and pours it over my head.

I am truly blessed...in oh so many ways.

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Conquer evil men by your gentle kindness, and make zealous men wonder at your goodness. Put the lover of legality to shame by your compassion. With the afflicted be afflicted in mind. Love all men, but keep distant from all men.—St. Isaac of Syria

"May the Lord our God remember in His kingdom all Holy Catholic Apostolic Church, which heralds the Word of Truth and fearlessly offers and distributes the Holy Oblation despite human deficiencies and persecutions moved by the powers of this world, in all time and unto the ages of ages."

"May the Lord our God remember in His kingdom all Holy Catholic Apostolic Church, which heralds the Word of Truth and fearlessly offers and distributes the Holy Oblation despite human deficiencies and persecutions moved by the powers of this world, in all time and unto the ages of ages."

Conquer evil men by your gentle kindness, and make zealous men wonder at your goodness. Put the lover of legality to shame by your compassion. With the afflicted be afflicted in mind. Love all men, but keep distant from all men.—St. Isaac of Syria

Question a friend, perhaps he did not do it; but if he did anything so that he may do it no more.A hasty quarrel kindles fire,and urgent strife sheds blood.If you blow on a spark, it will glow;if you spit on it, it will be put out; and both come out of your mouth

Question a friend, perhaps he did not do it; but if he did anything so that he may do it no more.A hasty quarrel kindles fire,and urgent strife sheds blood.If you blow on a spark, it will glow;if you spit on it, it will be put out; and both come out of your mouth

Someone just posted that on Facebook, I'll answer topics everywhere in this forum with it.

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"May the Lord our God remember in His kingdom all Holy Catholic Apostolic Church, which heralds the Word of Truth and fearlessly offers and distributes the Holy Oblation despite human deficiencies and persecutions moved by the powers of this world, in all time and unto the ages of ages."